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Blackademics/Language Arts: Sean Bell Tribute
Published on 25 Apr 2008 at 7:03 pm.
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Filed under racism, violence, police brutality, healing.
I created this Sean Bell tribute in response to the outrageous “not guilty” verdict passed today. I recorded the original song, “Don’t Push” back in 2006, when the incident first occurred. Rest in Peace, brother.
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Not Guilty: Sean Bell’s NYPD Murderers Walk
Published on 25 Apr 2008 at 2:25 pm.
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Filed under racism, violence, police brutality.
Today the NYPD officers who slaughtered an unarmed father of two named Sean Bell received a verdict of Not Guilty. A New York State Supreme Court judge cleared officers Mike Oliver, Marc Cooper and Gescard Isnora of manslaughter and reckless endangerment this morning.
On November 25, 2006, Sean Bell was murdered on the day before […]
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Uganda: U.S. Army Set to Recruit Citizens
Published on 11 Apr 2008 at 3:12 pm.
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Filed under news/politics, diaspora, Africa, violence, international relations.
Not much to say about this–not much but ‘damn.’
***UPDATE***
Army attendance at Uganda conference stirs recruiting rumor
The United States Army is not looking for a few good Ugandans.
An Army recruiting spokesman said Wednesday he was working to squelch a potential influx of interested applicants after an African news agency incorrectly reported the U.S. military planned […]
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Carnival of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
Published on 13 Jan 2008 at 1:38 pm.
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via sokari @ blacklooks
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Carnival by submitting posts as well as those who linked and promoted the carnival on their blogs. Thinking about how to group the Carnival posts I finally decided on two groupings, those that speak specifically to the Global South and those which speak to a […]
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